Visit the Italian railways company website for a timetable, and costs.
It is very important to validate your ticket at the yellow machines nearby the tracks,
before getting on the train, otherwise you could be fined. Also, keep in mind that you cannot buy the ticket on the train,
the only possibility if you are in a hurry is to pay the fine, which is definitely not cheap. In any case, if you forget to validate the ticket
before getting on board (or if you have no ticket or an incomplete one), seek for the staff and tell him/her; fines are cheaper.
In Italy there are essentially four kinds of trains: regional, interregional, intercity and eurostar (with the night variants
citynight and euronight). Regional trains are slow and make a lot of stops, interregional trains make much less stops but
cover at most some 2 o 3 hundreds of kilometers. Intercity trains are for long distances, and they are cheaper than eurostar,
but there are few such trains a day. Eurostar are beautiful, fast and expensive.
The line connecting Bologna to Rome (e.g. from Venice, Milan, Florence) is overcrowded; remember to book in advance.
There are two main stations in Rome: Termini and Tiburtina, both close to the University "Sapienza". Termini mostly
serves trains which end their route at Rome, while trains which will continue after stopping at Rome usually stop at Tiburtina;
this is not however a strict rule.
Termini is the biggest station, and is served by both the "A line" and "B line" of the underground.
Only the "B line" is available at Tiburtina
If you wish to take the taxi, we recommend that you get it at the official stop:
beware of unofficial taxies (see also here).
